ripple

Meaning

Noun

1. A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
2. A sound similar to that of undulating water.
3. A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
4. A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.

Verb

1. (figuratively, intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
2. (intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.
3. (intransitive) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
4. (transitive) To shape into a series of ripples.
5. (transitive) To launch or unleash in rapid succession.

Verb

To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze

Verb

To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.

Synonyms

wave

👋

surge

undulate

swell

wavelet

small wave

riffle

billow

gurgle

undulation

stream

pulsation

ruffle

babble

flutter

rippling

bubble

burble

wash

🧽

cockle

move

rise and fall

purl

be choppy

guggle

popple

spread

pulse

surf

agitated

sway

swirl

swish

throb

tone

run high

waviness

wiggle

be agitated

wavelets

ring on the water

be in discord

capillary wave

impulsive motion

moire pattern

capillary ripple

flow mark

weld ripple

scale picture

display wave

Translations

onduler

ondulation

kleine Welle

ondular

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onda

👋

ondulação

ondear

👋

ondulación

Welligkeit

ondular

onejar

incresparsi

Kräuselung

kabbelen

increspatura

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *ripelen

Cognate with Dutch: repel

Cognate with German: Riffel

Cognate with Dutch: repen

Cognate with German: reffen

Cognate with Swedish: repa

Inherited from Middle English: ripplen

In summary

From an alteration of rimple.